Regulations for submission of manuscripts to the Journal of Heat Island Institute International
Instituted June 1, 2007
Revised August 1, 2009
The Journal of Heat Island Institute International
is a periodical published by Heat Island InstituteInternational which publishes research papers andtechnical reports related to heat islands. In principle itis published as a Web Journal. Members of the Institute
may submit manuscripts for publication in accordancewith the following regulations.
1. Submission procedure
1.1 The submitter follows the outline for authors as
specified separately, and prepares the manuscript withword processing software.
1.2 The submitter must keep a copy of the submission.
This is also necessary for the author’s revision.
1.3 In principle the manuscript should be submitted inelectronic format, as a PDF file. If submitted on paper,
three copies are required.
1.4 After the paper has been accepted, the author is
responsible for completing the manuscript andsubmitting it. Completed manuscripts are in principle
submitted in electronic format as PDF files.
Manuscripts on paper require one copy to be submitted.

An original, reliable, and complete manuscript within
the scope of the various disciplines related to heatislands, which has academic value or commercial
usefulness. In principle it should not have beenpreviously submitted to other publications, and it
should have been created with word processing
software. In addition to the main text of the manuscript,
it includes an abstract in English of up to 150 words
and keywords.
2.2 Technical report:
The result of a survey or an experiment on a topic
connected to the various fields related to heat islands,
with a description of its analysis, which is reliable andhas academic or commercial utility, and is complete.
The guidelines for writing a technical report follow
those for research papers.
3. Management of the manuscript
3.1 The decision whether to publish a research paper or
technical report is based on the opinion of the referees.
The names of the referees are not published.
3.2 The technical committee may request the author torevise the type of article.

1.5 Where to submit manuscripts
Electronic submissions are submitted to the following
email address:
E-mail: info@heat-island.jp
Submissions of paper manuscripts should be made to
the following address:
Heat Island Institute International TechnicalCommittee
c/o Hoyano Laboratory
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Nagatsutacho 4259-G5-2
Yokohama
226-8502
Japan

3.3 The technical committee may request the author torevise the manuscript.
3.4 If the manuscript contains unconventionalterminology, lettering, or use of hiragana, the technicalcommittee may revise it.
3.5 The author’s revisions in principle should occur
only once, as the first revision. It is not permitted tomake revisions which are not corrections oftypographical errors, or add words and phrases to themanuscript.
3.6 Submitted manuscripts are, in principle, notreturned unless the author requests this in advance.

2. Types of submission and definitions

4. Copyright

Manuscripts must display one of the following types on
their title page. The types of article are research paper
and technical report.

Articles published in the journal become the copyrightof the Japan Heat Island Society.

2.1 Research paper:

5. Qualifications for publication andpublication charges

At least one of the authors must be a member of theJapan Heat Island Society. If the author is a supporting
member or an academic member, publication is free ofcharge. Otherwise, the publication charge for a regularmember is 30,000 yen, and for a student member
20,000 yen.
6. OtherManuscripts which are published in the journal may
also be republished in the proceedings of the national
meetings of the Institute